Residents cannot go home for two months during ground movement probe
Residents in Coalsnaughton have been evacuated due to reports of ground movement and unsafe structures. They will not be allowed to return home for another eight weeks while an investigation is conducted. Local authorities are providing support to the affected families during this challenging time.
- ▪A total of 97 properties across four streets in Coalsnaughton have been evacuated.
- ▪Residents have been staying with families or in temporary accommodation since last week.
- ▪The investigation into the ground movement will take an additional eight weeks to complete.
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Residents cannot go home for two months during ground movement probeJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGraeme Ogston,BBC Tayside and Central reporterandJamie McIvor,Scotland news correspondentBBCA total of 97 properties in four streets in Coalsnaughton have been evacuatedVillagers who have been evacuated over reports of ground movement cannot go home for another eight weeks while an investigation is carried out.Residents of 97 properties across four streets have been staying with families or in temporary accommodation since last week following reports of "unsafe structures" in Coalsnaughton, a former mining village in Clackmannanshire.The local authority confirmed that the investigation would take another eight weeks, during which people would not be allowed to return to their…
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